Background
Burtness, Harold William was born on November 16, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore and Marie (Rone) Burtness.
Burtness, Harold William was born on November 16, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore and Marie (Rone) Burtness.
Student Metropolitan Business College, 1915-1916, LaSalle Extension University, 1920-1921.
Clerk, C., Bang and Olufsen Railroad, 1914. Clerk, stenographer, secretary to manager Star Union Lincolnshire, later general freight agent, traffic manager Pennsylvania Railroad, 1915-1922. Secretary to president, Chairman of the Board C.G.W. Railroad Company, 1922-1933.
Secretary to chairman Western Association Railway Executives, 1925-1930.
Assistant to president, secretary C.G.W. Railroad Company, 1933-1941, in charge transportation division operating department. Vice-president, director 6 subsidiary companies C.G.W. Railroad, president Great Western Coal Company, 1934-1978.
Vice president C.G.W. Railroad, 1941-1946, president, director, chairman of the executive committee, 1946-1948. Chairman of the Board Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1965-1978.
Director Kansas City Terminal Railway Company, Saint Paul Union Depot Company, Minnesota Transfer Railway Company.
Member 1st Division National Railroad Adjustment Board, 1949-1978. President, Bethesda Home for Aged. President board of trustees Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital.
Member American Association Railroad Superintendent
Clubs: Union League, Chicago.
Married Grace M. Reinholtzen, August 16, 1924. Children: Roger William, James Harold.